And Katalin is again 1 spot ahead (jumps from 39 to 35) It'll be interesting to see how far can Darija go by the end of this season. She's got quite a few nice results left to defend from 2012 - Brussels QF, Bad Gastein SF, Wimbledon R2*, Palermo FR, Cincinnati SF, USO R2, Tokyo QF, Osaka SF and Moscow QF to name the most important. Roland Garros, Montreal/Toronto and Beijing will be opportunities for adding big points because of early exits last year.

Girls are seeded #4 in Estoril (Oeiras) and are in action this afternoon against King/Niculescu. As far as I know they've never played this particular team, but they did play against K. Bondarenko/Niculescu last year in Brussels (clay, QF) and lost 1 & 6. Darija played Niculescu once more in which Cirstea/Jurak lost to Begu/Niculescu 3 & 5 (Hobart, hard, QF). So we can be pretty sure this won't be a walk in the park.